The Hospital Database contains information on all acute and general hospitals in Texas. The database does not include specialized hospitals such as psychiatric, obstetric, chemical dependency, or rehabilitation hospitals. The information listed for each hospital is based on its responses to the annual Hospital Resource Database Update survey.
The information includes general information, American College of Surgeons (ACoS) cancer program information, cancer prevention,
diagnostic services, mammography services, colorectal cancer screening services, treatment services and equipment, continuing care,
research and continuing education, and affiliated physicians.

The information listed for each Community Cancer Treatment Center is based on its responses to the annual Community Cancer Treatment Center Database Update survey. The information includes general information, American College of Surgeons (ACoS) cancer program information, diagnostic services, colorectal cancer screening services, treatment services and equipment, and support services.

The new Access to Cancer Care for Low-Income and Uninsured Patients feature of the Web site is intended to reach low-income or uninsured Texans seeking free or low-cost cancer screening or treatment. Texas Cancer Information staff investigated procedures, contacts and clinic locations for screening and treatment for several Texas counties. Information on how to obtain cancer care services in each of these counties is now available for download in PDF format in simple language and question and answer format. Social workers or volunteer organizations can also print out this information to give to their clients.

Texas Cancer Information collects and provides referral information on support, counseling, education, and additional assistance such as transportation, housing, and medical equipment. The information listed for each resource in the Local/Community Information and Support Resources database is based on its responses to the annual Community Resource Database Update survey. Original listings were derived from the Community Resource Directory previously maintained by the National Cancer Society's Cancer Information Service (CIS) serving Texas. Included in the database are general information, services provided, and Texas counties served.

Links by Topic, formerly the Cancer Gateway of Texas, is an Internet portal to cancer-related information,
resources, and publications. Links are reviewed for quality using a predetermined criteria and are organized by cancer topic and cancer type. These links include
Web sites based in Texas as well as those found across the country. Texas based sites are identified by a small Texas icon.

Selected Links

Center Watch
You can use this site to find a wealth of information about clinical research, including listings of more than 41,000 active industry and
government-sponsored clinical trials, as well as new drug therapies in research and those recently approved by the FDA. Center Watch is designed
to be an open resource for patients interested in participating in clinical trials and for research professionals.

Clinicaltrials.gov
The U.S. National Institutes of Health, through its National Library of Medicine, has developed ClinicalTrials.gov to provide patients, family
members and members of the public current information about clinical research studies.

The National Cancer Institute
This page from the National Cancer Institute has links to staging and treatment options by stage for different cancer types.

National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), a not-for-profit alliance of 21 of the world’s leading cancer centers, is dedicated to improving the quality
and effectiveness of care provided to patients with cancer.

U. S. National Library of Medicine
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of NIH in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. The Library collects materials in all
areas of biomedicine and health care, as well as works on biomedical aspects of technology, the humanities, and the physical, life, and social sciences.

MedlinePlus
MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other government
agencies and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to medical journal articles. MedlinePlus
also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.

National Cancer Institute - Drug Information Summaries
NCI's drug information summaries provide consumer-friendly information about certain drugs that are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
to treat cancer or conditions related to cancer. For each drug, topics covered include background, research results, possible side effects, approval information,
and ongoing clinical trials.

Clinical Trials

Check out these texascancer.info pages for information related to clinical trials: